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SAT Vocab Lesson 1
aspire, bilateral, candor, etc.
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12th Grade
09/20/2011

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aspire
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(v) to strive for a goal; to want or desire something excellent or far beyond the current state
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bilateral
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(adj) having two sides
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candor
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(n) honesty or straightforwardness, especially being honest about something unpleasant
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defraud
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(v) to cheat; to gain something dishonestly, as through a lie, deception, or confidence game
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deity
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(n) god/goddess
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elude
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(v) to escape from someone or something giving chase or searching; especially to use clever tactics to escape from pursuers
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fixture
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(n) a permanency; a person or thing remaining fixed, in the same position
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handwriting
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(n) the character or style of a person's writing by hand; cursive writing
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havoc
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chaos or large scale destruction
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imbibe
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(v) to drink a liquid; to absorb or take in something
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juncture
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(n) a joint or seam, where two parts meet
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kernel
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(n) in a plant, a grain or seed; often edible and found inside the plant
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lapse
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(n)the act of falling from a righteous or just position; a slight or temporary moral failure
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malady
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(n) a disease, illness, or medical condition, especially a serious or chronic condition
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myriad
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(n) many; a large number; countless
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necessitate
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(v) to make something necessary
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nestle
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(v) to lay or be enclosed comfortably; to snuggle
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obliterate
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(v) to destroy; to break down into nothing; to eliminate
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parse
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(v) to break something down into its parts in order to explain or understand it; especially to break apart sentence into words and phrases, describing each part
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queue
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(n) a line; a group of people waiting in order
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ravenous
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(adj) extremely hungry; filled with hunger that cannot be satisfied
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scuttle
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(v) to sink a ship by creating a hole or holes in the ship beneath the water line; also to destroy or wreck
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thearchy
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(n) a gov. ruled by the leaders of a religion or by the power of a god or gods
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underworld
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(n) a world beneath or below the normal world, especially a criminal world such as mafia society or a world of the dead such as Hades
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